Chapter 5 – Soul Eater part 2
Inside the ungodly nest, was the blind angel – Tarre Viszla. The young Cherub noticed the difference between the nest and the outside world. The first difference was that he could see, not through the force, but through eyes. 'My spirit manifestation has eyes', he mused to himself. The next thing he noticed was the whole place to be dark and creepy. 'Feels like Déjà vu.', Tarre thought.
Tarre then stepped towards the center of the room and suddenly in front of him was a bloody corpse of Ahsoka, Fenrir and the entire Ghost Crew, with Thor's corpse impaled on a spear. Tarre took a deep breath, closed his eyes and opened them after a moment. The corpses lying in front of him had suddenly vanished.
Tarre then took out his jar of blood, dipped his finger in it and started painting the sigil on the floor, while ignoring the new but old sensation of having eyes. After a while or so, he sensed someone behind him and heard a voice, "What're you doing?"
Tarre turned around and saw a young pantorran girl. "You must be Olia." The girl nodded. "it's nice to meet you."
"Not supposed to talk to strangers.", Olia said.
"That is a solid rule.", Tarre said, "My name is Tarre… See, not a stranger anymore."
The girl looked at him and Tarre continued, "I am here to get you out of this place.", Olia nodded. "Have you seen your mom?", Tarre asked.
Olia shook her head, "I can't see her.", Olia spoke nervously, "It's too crowded in here.", as Olia saw many spirits around her.
Tarre turned around and saw no one except Olia, "I don't see anybody."
"You'll see them soon.", Olia said confidently.
Tarre nodded and said, "Stay close to me… okay."
Olia nodded her head.
"Once, I am done with this painting, we'll go look for your mother.", Tarre said as he turned back to the task at hand.
A moment or so, he started to see the feet of the other spirits. Briefly looking up, he saw the morose, nearly dead expressions of nearly a hundred spirits. Most of them looked like they had been through the grinder. None of them said anything, and almost all of them had a blank look in their eyes. Tarre quickly turned towards Olia and saw that the girl was staying close to them.
"Do you see them now?", Olia asked.
Tarre nodded, and heard Olia gasp looking over his shoulder. Tarre turned to follow her gaze and saw a white hooded humanoid creature with upturned nails on its hands marching towards him, smudging what little of the sigil he had drawn. It quickly placed its hand on Tarre's chest, and Tarre felt himself lose consciousness, and fall to the floor.
Outside the nest, Fenrir had begun painting his sigil on the floor. Dipping a cloth into the jar, he painted the highly complex sigil. It had to take up as much space as possible. He had nearly completed one-fourth of the sigil, when he felt a presence behind him. Before he could react, Fenrir was lifted into the air and slammed into the ground.
"I can't let you finish that finger-painting boy.", Fenrir heard Tarre's distorted voice from behind.
Getting up, Fenrir faced his opponent – the Soul Eater inhabiting Tarre's body. It had removed Kanan's (now Tarre's) mask and in place of Tarre's eyes, Fenrir saw glowing orbs emanating nauseating white light.
"Just come with me into the nest.", the soul eater spoke extending a hand.
"I read that you – repugnant things show all sorts of messed up crap to a soul trapped in your nest", Fenrir said. Behind him, Fenrir used the force to continue painting the part of the sigil which was right ahead to the part he had painted before.
"That is an unfortunate side effect.", the soul eater said.
"Why this house?", Fenrir asked.
"Completely random. It's like opening a door for me. I don't decide which door leads where.", came the answer. It further extended Tarre's arm and said calmly, "Come with me… and I can protect you."
"So, you can show me some messed up crap in there, while my fabulous body rots out here.", Fenrir replied, taking a fighting stance. As his skin turned blue and eyes started glowing reddish-blue, Fenrir said, "I don't think so."
"Any attack you land on me will only hurt Tarre.", the soul eater said.
"Tarre can take it. That man is far stronger than you or I could ever be.", Fenrir replied confidently.
"Now, now… no need to get violent.", the soul eater said, "Your friend has an unbelievable darkness inside him… along with something familiar. Both of you can't imagine the horrors and the darkness in your future. Inside my nest, you will know peace and safety."
"Are you just going to stand here, ogling at me… or are we going to fight?", Fenrir asked. With this, the soul eater growled and moved towards Fenrir. Fenrir released an icy beam out of his arm towards the Soul Eater, which froze him.
"Tourist.", Fenrir said. He then got back to painting the sigil. A moment later, the ice cracked and the soul eater unleashed blue lightning at Fenrir, which he caught in time and deflected towards the roof.
"Tarre's lightning is more powerful than that.", Fenrir said.
In response the soul eater unleashed an even bigger barrage of lightning at Fenrir. Fenrir blocked all of it, while he used the force to keep painting the sigil behind the two.
"Quality, not quantity.", Fenrir taunted the soul eater. "You may have his body, but you don't have his power or his skill."
"I AM TRYING TO SAVE YOU.", the soul eater screamed.
"No, you are trying to eat me.", Fenrir said.
Back in the nest, Tarre woke up and saw the smudge that was the sigil. "Are you okay?", Olia asked as Tarre got up.
"Yeah. How long was I out?", Tarre asked.
"A few minutes.", Olia answered.
"That's… less than what I expected.", Tarre said as he got back to painting the sigil. Working quickly and efficiently, he finished the sigil and got up. "Okay Fenrir, the table's set." Turning towards Olia he spoke, "Let's go find your mother." Olia nodded and the two set about.
Going through every room in the nest, Tarre and Olia finally saw the distressed Chairwoman. "Mamma!", Olia yelled and ran towards Chuchi.
Chuchi turned around and saw Olia, who was running towards her. Reaching her, Olia put her arms around Chuchi and hugged her. Chuchi returned the hug and asked, "Olia are you alright?"
"Yes.", the girl answered raising her head to look at her mother. "Mamma, where are we?"
"I don't know, my sweet.", Chuchi answered and then looked at Tarre. "Master Viszla, I don't…", she began but then saw Tarre's eyes and slightly gasped, "Your eyes!"
"Our initial assessment was wrong. This thing is much worse than a ghost. But, don't worry… Fenrir and I figured out a way to get you both out of here and kill this damn thing.", Tarre said.
Chuchi looked at him confused but asked, "Is that why… you are here?"
"Yes Chairwoman.", Tarre answered.
Olia then asked her mother, "Can we move out of this house?"
"I think that would be for the best.", Tarre said looking at Chuchi.
"Of course, my sweet.", Chuchi answered. She then asked Tarre, "What is the plan?"
"We wait.", Tarre answered.
"Are you sure?", Chuchi asked.
Before Tarre could answer, Olia told her mother about how she had found Tarre painting the sigil. "It was very weird looking."
Tarre smiled at this and said, "My friend is painting the same weird looking sigil outside this place. Once he completes it, we'll all be able to leave." Tarre then began walking back to the sigil, and beckoned the two behind him to follow. On the way, he answered Chuchi's questions.
Outside the nest, Fenrir and the soul eater were still fighting. By now, the monster had noticed Fenrir using the force to paint the sigil, which was 75% done. He focused his efforts towards the painting, but was stopped by Fenrir.
There was a deep ringing noise around Fenrir, who stood in the way of the soul eater and the painting. Fenrir stood with two white feathery wings unfurled, coming straight from his back. He raised two fingers and taunted the soul eater, who growled and charged towards Fenrir.
In the hospital, Kanan, Hera and Ahsoka felt Fenrir's power. "What is it?", Satine asked as the three sat up alert. The four were sitting around the beds of Chuchi and Olia.
"Fenrir is fighting something… something dark.", Ahsoka said.
Back in the house of Chairwoman Chuchi, Fenrir was now dominating the soul eater, who let out a roar and threw a force blast at Fenrir. The angel deflected the blast, which struck the shrine of the moon goddess.
"That one packed a little more power.", Fenrir commented as he launched his own force blast towards the monster, which he deflected as well. The two then continued throwing blasts at each other, some were deflected, some absorbed and some hit their target. All the while, Fenrir was still using the force to paint the sigil, and even keep the house intact. He then felt the sigil was nearly completed and smiled, "I would say it's been a lovely chat, but… I'd be lying."
The soul eater realized what Fenrir meant and said, "Wait…"
Before he could say anything, Fenrir responded, "Oblivion awaits." The sigil was now complete and it began glowing as the soul eater screamed. He was pushed out of Tarre's body and God knows where.
Inside the nest, the sigil painted by Tarre began glowing and he smiled. He then saw every spirit turning into glowing blue orbs and flying out of the nest. He turned towards Chuchi and Olia, "It's done. You're both getting out of here now. I'll see you both very soon."
Before Chuchi or her daughter could say anything, they both turned into blue orbs and flew out the nest and into their bodies in the hospital. As they woke up, Hera called the doctors, who came quickly and were confounded at this development.
Back in the house, Fenrir held the body of Tarre. "Come on buddy, the thing worked. Wake up", Fenrir said, in a concerned tone.
Tarre groaned and put his right hand over his eyes, "You owe me a bottle of the finest Asgardian mead."
"Fine… you jackass. You win,", Fenrir said, "for once.", in an undertone.
"Where is the mask?", Tarre asked.
"In the room.", Fenrir said as he used the force to pull the mask towards Tarre.
As Tarre put the mask back on, he clicked on his commlink and contacted Ahsoka, "Are they up?", he asked.
"Yes.", Ahsoka said, "Yes, they are. What about you two, we sensed Fenrir fighting something dark?", Ahsoka asked.
"We're fine… the house… not so much.", Ahsoka heard Fenrir's voice.
